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Wow! I never before thought about my father taking some of the first selfies. Thanks for pointing that out! My mom will laugh when I tell her. She has many more selfies he took of himself from before they met, pre-dating this one by more than a decade.

After Googling images, I found the proper name of the rubber cord attachment thing my father used is an "air cable release" that looked like this: http://oldcamerastuff.com/product/royal-air-cable-shutter-release-20-119.

I appreciate the compliment, and thank you very much for selecting my entry as the winner for the Mother's Day theme! @photo52